As one charged with sharing best practices, the opportunity to work a room with the industry’s “best of the best” minds for 5 days is a gift. Our company hosted two events, the Precision Farming Dealer Summit and National No-Tillage Conference, in St. Louis the week of Jan. 9.
For 30 years, members of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) have recognized and honored the most innovative advancements in engineering in the areas of agriculture, food and biological systems with the AE50 Award. The products selected save producers time, reduce costs and labor, all while improving user safety.
Driving along Highway 151 in Beaver Dam, Wis., a sleek and modern facility appears on the horizon. The European style building is Vanderloop Equipment’s newest store, and represents a different approach than the 65-year-old AGCO dealership’s two other locations in Brillion and Lena, Wis.
Today’s technological advances have raised customer expectations to new heights. Online retailer Amazon is working toward delivering goods via unmanned aerial vehicles in the near future. Google Express offers delivery to your doorstep within hours of submitting an order via a mobile app.
Seeding cover crops early enough to get them established before winter often requires interseeding into the existing crop before it’s ready for harvest.
The pursuit of higher crop yields and healthier soils is pointing farmers in the direction of cover crops. The 2015-16 Cover Crop Survey conducted by the Conservation Technology Information Center and Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education revealed that average acres of cover crops per farm have more than doubled over the previous 5 years.
I am reading — for the second time in a year — Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why, How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. As I finished a chapter today, Sinek’s words reminded me of the many partnerships between dealership leaders that create great businesses, those who over a long time react well to change and execute well to keep customers, employees, manufacturers and investors happy.
Equipment and farm services dealers who sell the “dollars and cents” benefits of precision farming have some new sales fodder. This includes a pair of USDA reports that look at cost savings and increased returns for corn farmers using information-based production tools on average size operations.
For 30 years, members of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) have recognized and honored the most innovative advancements in engineering in the areas of agriculture, food and biological systems with the AE50 Award. The products selected save producers time, reduce costs and labor, all while improving user safety.
As one charged with sharing best practices, the opportunity to work a room with the industry’s “best of the best” minds for 5 days is a gift. Our company hosted two events, the Precision Farming Dealer Summit and National No-Tillage Conference, in St. Louis the week of Jan. 9.
Vanderloop Equipment takes its time when hiring new employees to ensure they have the right team in place. Robb Vanderloop, co-owner and general manager, says he'd rather take time getting the right person in than having the wrong person who could cause more harm than good. The dealership regularly looks outside the ag industry for employees.
Vanderloop Equipment's third location in Beaver Dam, Wis., is a Claas branded store. It is one of very few Claas stores that are not company owned in the U.S.
When Vanderloop Equipment designed its new store in Beaver Dam, Wis., it wanted it to have a European flair to match the German products sold there. In addition, co-owner Robb Vanderloop says they wanted to make sure the building could be used for something beyond a farm equipment dealership should they ever want to sell it.
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